[Deschler-Brown Precedents, Volume 14,  Chapter 30]
[Chapter 30. Voting]
[D. Division of the Question for Voting]
[Â§ 46. Motions for the Previous Question]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                               CHAPTER 30
 
                                 Voting
 
                 D. DIVISION OF THE QUESTION FOR VOTING
 
Sec. 46. Motions for the Previous Question

Sec. 46.1 A motion for the previous question cannot be divided.

    On Apr. 25, 1940,(20) Mr. Edward E. Cox, of Georgia, 
moved the previous question on an amendment and the adoption of a 
resolution pertaining to the wage-hour law. Mr. Hamilton Fish, Jr., of 
New York, inquired as to whether such a motion was divisible thereby 
prompting the following discussion:
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20. 86 Cong. Rec. 5051, 76th Cong. 3d Sess.
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        Mr. Fish: Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry.
        The Speaker Pro Tempore: (1) The gentleman will 
    state it.
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 1. Sam Rayburn (Tex.).
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        Mr. Fish: Mr. Speaker, would it be in order to have separate 
    votes on the two propositions?
        The Speaker Pro Tempore: A motion of the previous question 
    cannot be divided.
        Mr. [Phil] Ferguson [of Oklahoma]: Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary 
    inquiry.
        The Speaker Pro Tempore: The gentleman will state it.
        Mr. Ferguson: Can a separate vote be had on the two 
    propositions if the previous question is ordered?
        The Speaker Pro Tempore: If the previous question is ordered, 
    the question will first recur on the amendment offered by the 
    gentleman from Georgia and then on the rule.
        Mr. [Reuben T.] Wood [of Missouri]: Mr. Speaker, a 
    parliamentary inquiry.
        The Speaker Pro Tempore: The gentleman will state it.
        Mr. Wood: The vote will be on the amendment?

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        The Speaker Pro Tempore: The vote now is on the previous 
    question. If the previous question is ordered, the vote will then 
    be on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia and then 
    on the resolution, as amended or not.

    The previous question was ordered, and separate votes were taken on 
the amendment and the resolution thereafter.